disinter
verb
dis·in·ter
ˌdis-in-ˈtər 
disinterred; disinterring; disinters
1
: to take out of the grave or tomb
2
: to bring back into awareness or prominence
also
: to bring to light : unearth
Examples of disinter in a Sentence
The body was disinterred for further study.
the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred
Recent Examples on the Web
Human remains were disinterred from Greenlawn and reinterred as cemeteries opened in Indianapolis, though not everyone was given a new resting place.
—
Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2024
Who today benefits from disinterring the arms race?
—The Editors, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Hong Kong has been actively encouraging its residents to be cremated; Singapore has a fifteen-year limit on burial plots, after which time the remains are disinterred and cremated.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2024
Finally, in 2018, remains buried at Ardennes American Cemetery were disinterred in and transferred to a military lab at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for analysis.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
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Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2024
Who today benefits from disinterring the arms race?
—The Editors, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Hong Kong has been actively encouraging its residents to be cremated; Singapore has a fifteen-year limit on burial plots, after which time the remains are disinterred and cremated.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2024
Finally, in 2018, remains buried at Ardennes American Cemetery were disinterred in and transferred to a military lab at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for analysis.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
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disinter
verb
dis·in·ter
ˌdis-ᵊn-ˈtər
1
: to take out of the grave or tomb
2
: to bring back into awareness : unearth
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